Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (9): 27-39.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2023-0121

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Research Progress in Second-generation Fuel Ethanol Technology Based on Poplar(Populus sp.

XU Fa-di1(), XU Kang1, SUN Dong-ming1, LI Meng-lei1, ZHAO Jian-zhi1,2(), BAO Xiao-ming1()   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology(Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353
    2. State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology(Microbial Technology Institute), School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237
  • Received:2023-02-14 Online:2023-09-26 Published:2023-10-24
  • Contact: ZHAO Jian-zhi, BAO Xiao-ming E-mail:xu_fadi@163.com;zhjzh2006@126.com;baoxm@qlu.edu.cn

Abstract:

As a cheap and abundant renewable raw material, lignocellulosic biomass can be converted into cellulosic fuel ethanol through pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis and microbial fermentation, etc., which has widely attracted attention in recent decades. Poplar is a kind of fast-growing hardwood that is widely artificially cultivated and is mainly used in papermaking industry. Poplar is considered as an excellent lignocellulosic material for the production of cellulosic ethanol due to its high contents in cellulose and hemicellulose components. The application of poplar in cellulosic ethanol production was focused on in this paper, including briefly introducing the composition and structural characteristics of poplar, and importantly overviewing the research progress of poplar in pretreatment technology, enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreatment raw materials and microbial fermentation and so on. Finally, the technical obstacles and difficulties restricting the application of poplar in cellulosic ethanol industry were summarized, and the corresponding countermeasures were analyzed and the application were prospected.

Key words: poplar component, pretreatment, enzymolysis, mixed sugar fermentation, Saccharomyces cerevisiae